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Committee on Professional Development (CPD)
Annual Report 2003-2004
Redesigned and rewrote CPD web page to reflect new professional
development fund guidelines, travel policies, and procedures.
1. Replaced traditional /tiered funding/ with a simplified version:
professional development funds are now composed of an annual base
allocation as mandated by the MOU plus the UL's additional,
discretionary funding, to be used for any professional development
activity that falls within the MOU and UC guidelines. Librarians
do not have to serve on a committee or moderate a panel or in any
other way 'earn' this money. Any unused portion of the $600 base
can be redistributed to covered librarians at the end of the
fiscal year for professional development expenses.
2. Clarified travel guidelines to indicate that funds may be used for
registration to conferences and workshops, transportation,
lodging, meals and incidental expenses. Earlier versions of the
guidelines did not specify lodging, for example.
3. Reorganized and updated CPD web page; added link to the new UCLA
Travel Center.
4. Rewrote 'Librarian Request for Leave and Estimated Travel
Expenses' online form. The most obvious change is that the new
form no longer asks for documentation of the level of
participation at a given event. In accordance with #1 above, it
is no longer relevant whether a covered librarian is chairing a
committee or putting on a poster session or doing any of the other
things that needed to be specified on the earlier form
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